One of the most prestigious women's basketball awards will be given out to a Tri-State athlete before the season even begins.The Pat Summit Courage Award will be presented to Lauren Hill on Nov. 2. by the United States Basketball Writers Association.The award is usually presented during the Women’s Final Four, which is why the choice to present it in November is so unprecedented, according to the NCAA.Nov. 2 will be Mount Saint Joseph’s season opener, which will be held at the Cintas Center.The Cintas Center holds about five times as many fans as MSJ's Harrington Center.Hill is in the ending stages of terminal brain cancer and the opening game has been moved up so she could live out her dream of playing in a college basketball game.MSJ received permission from the NCAA to move up its game with Hiram College.Tickets for the game went on sale Wednesday and sold out in half an hour.Officials said the tickets for Hills’s game sold out just as fast as the tickets for the Cleveland Cavaliers preseason game with LeBron James.

One of the most prestigious women's basketball awards will be given out to a Tri-State athlete before the season even begins.

The Pat Summit Courage Award will be presented to Lauren Hill on Nov. 2. by the United States Basketball Writers Association.